In Texas, a fight over fracking takes industry by surprise

Denton is in the middle of one of the nation's richest gas reserves, the Barnett Shale, and a referendum to ban fracking in the city has alarmed energy companies.

Denton is in the middle of one of the nation's richest gas...

DENTON — Many Texans have long held the oil and gas industry as dear to their hearts as a prairie range full of feeding cattle. Now suddenly that love is being tested here in a local election, where a grass-roots campaign against gas producers has pushed the industry into a corner.

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